I don't think it's a bad idea at all. I actually love the idea as a social experiment. Unfortunately I highly doubt it would ever happen.
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(August 14, 2016 at 10:33 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(August 14, 2016 at 10:28 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Thumpa, I've gotta be honest here, I don't really care about your opinion if you're going to take that attidude. I don't want to start flaming here, so let's just ignore each other, ok? Please. There it is again. Your usual response.
It does seem like adding anonymous posting would be behind a long list of other priorities.
Anonymous posting might be fun for frivolous threads, but I don't think the functionality would add that much to the forum. (August 14, 2016 at 10:37 pm)Losty Wrote: I don't think it's a bad idea at all. I actually love the idea as a social experiment. Unfortunately I highly doubt it would ever happen. Well when I was doing that thingy with Magi... for automating vote counts in Mafia... part of the process involved installing the forum software that this site runs on... so in theory if I can remember how to use that, or even what/where it is I could explore it and see if it has this function.
I think there's plugins for MyBB that allow for anonymous posting.
I personally feel like this thread is a perfect example of why anonymous posting would be a fantastic social experiment. I don't think I would like it as a permanent thing unless it was limited to a specific subforum, but I would love to see a week of everyone being anonymous and then go back and see who was who. I think it would really be an eye opening experience for all of us to see how much that username really affects how we treat people on this forum.
(August 14, 2016 at 10:48 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: I think there's plugins for MyBB that allow for anonymous posting. Right... MyBB... now it's coming back to me... and WAMPServer as the stuff to run it on which I've just checked and is still installed but I haven't got a clue (now) how to use it... I hate Web Development and completely suck at it. (August 14, 2016 at 10:51 pm)Losty Wrote: I personally feel like this thread is a perfect example of why anonymous posting would be a fantastic social experiment. I don't think I would like it as a permanent thing unless it was limited to a specific subforum, but I would love to see a week of everyone being anonymous and then go back and see who was who. I think it would really be an eye opening experience for all of us to see how much that username really affects how we treat people on this forum. Yeah, I'd love to give it a go...either your way or as a subforum. I gotta be blunt here... although we may aspire to read/treat every post objectively it just doesn't happen in practice... usernames and the emotional baggage that comes with them, good or bad, can't fail to have an influence (imo). (August 14, 2016 at 9:37 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote:(August 14, 2016 at 9:37 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So.... "Excited Penguin" is your real name? How much more anonymity do you need? There's a way to do that - and escaping accountability form your past is not it. (August 14, 2016 at 11:01 pm)Emjay Wrote:(August 14, 2016 at 10:51 pm)Losty Wrote: I personally feel like this thread is a perfect example of why anonymous posting would be a fantastic social experiment. I don't think I would like it as a permanent thing unless it was limited to a specific subforum, but I would love to see a week of everyone being anonymous and then go back and see who was who. I think it would really be an eye opening experience for all of us to see how much that username really affects how we treat people on this forum. Tbh I don't aspire to treat every post objectively. I do try to treat people fairly though. |
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